Great photos of Carnival celebrations around the world as people in cities and villages take to the streets with music, ...

Most evangelicals shun the holiday. But one man sees Brazil’s favorite festival as a key evangelistic opportunity.

The Broome County Sheriff’s Office needs your help locating a man who has an outstanding warrant for probation violation.

Residents of an English town gathered on Tuesday (March 4) to play a traditional soccer game with a twist – there are ...

It’s that time of year in Rio de Janeiro: Carnival! Carnival in the Brazilian city has two sides: the street parties, known ...

Growing up, I loved my mother's traditional Guyanese pancakes but often was unsure why they were even called pancakes, as ...

Celebrated as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, around the world, Shrove Tuesday, or "Pancake Day," derives from the English word meaning to seek forgiveness or be granted absolution.

T he 39-year-old catwalk queen scintillated as she celebrated Carnival in Rio de Janeiro on Monday  before sharing a nude ...

While pancakes are the typical Shrove Tuesday food in most of the US, some states such as Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama ...

Traditionally, Mothering Sunday serves as a day to pay tribute to mothers and influential mother figures in people's lives.

The Fat Tuesday dates for the next several years are as follows: ...

Shrove Tuesday - now better known as Pancake Tuesday - is most significant in all cultures that observe the Lenten period. It ...